Funding Sources

The Multistate Conservation Grant Program was established in 2000 under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act, which amended the Wildlife Restoration Act (Section 11) and Sport Fish Restoration Act (Section 14) to include the Multistate program.

In 2000, the “Traditional” Multistate Conservation Grant Program (T-MSCGP) authorized the Secretary of the Interior to make up to $6 million available annually to the program.

• $3 million from Wildlife Restoration funds and
• $3 million from Sport Fish Restoration funds for wildlife and sport fish conservation, restoration and management projects and projects that provide public use and benefit from these resources.

In 2019, the Modernizing Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act authorized an additional $5 million under the Multistate program for Hunter and Recreational Target Shooter Recruitment (R3-MSCGP) and projects that promote a national hunting and recreational shooting sport recruitment program.  

The following graphics illustrate the two primary sources of funding for the grants awarded to projects under the Multistate Grant Program.

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